Serving West Michigan Since 1899

Bobby Joyce Goen

August 30, 1939 - May 14, 2021
Holland, MI

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Service

Monday, June 7, 2021
11:00 AM EDT
Pilgrim Home Cemetery

It is suggested you bring a chair to sit on.

Contributions


At the family's request memorial contributions are to be made to those listed below. Please forward payment directly to the memorial of your choice.

Hospice of Holland
270 Hoover Blvd
Holland, MI 49423
(616) 396-2972
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Rose Park Baptist Church Memorial Fund
600 Butternut Drive
Holland, MI 49424
(616) 399-2558

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Bobby Joyce Goen, age 81 of Holland, passed away unexpectedly Friday, May 14, 2021.

Bobby was born August 30, 1939 to Roy and Dorothy Mints in Wichita Falls, Texas. She married James Goen on Christmas Day, 1959. They celebrated over 60 years of marriage and had three children, four grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.

Bobby Goen had a wonderful life. She touched so many by her kindness, comforted so many with her words of encouragement, and inspired so many with the example she set. Those that knew her are all better people because of the life she lived.

She retired from Donnelly Corporation where she worked for over 30 years and was a member of Rose Park Baptist Church. Bobby loved to travel with her husband James, as well as host Sunday dinners for her family.

She is preceded in death by her son James Mark who died in 1977, and her husband James who passed in April of 2020.

Surviving are her children, Sherri and Scott VanDenBerg and Glen and Dani Goen; 4 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren, Sara and Brandon Bos (Kensie and Noah), Nikki and Bob Fisher (Mia and Ella), Bailey Goen, and Madi Goen; her sister, Jan and Kent Neville; her niece, Kimberly Gregorash; nephews Travis and Clayton Neville; in laws Phyllis Goen and Shirley Goen.

Graveside services will be held at Pilgrim Home Cemetery on Monday, June 7 at 11am. The graveside service is open to the public. Please bring a folding chair if needed.

A Celebration of Life for James and Bobby Goen will be held at Howard B. Dunton Park, 290 Howard Avenue , Holland, MI, immediately following the graveside service.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Holland or Rose Park Baptist Church.

Arrangements are by the Dykstra Funeral Home-Northwood Chapel.